---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 14102"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "14102"
heading: "Leased motor vehicles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/14102"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part B — Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders"
  - "Chapter 141 — Operations of Carriers"
  - "Subchapter I — General Requirements"
---

# §14102. Leased motor vehicles

- (a) **General Authority of Secretary.—** The [Secretary](/usc/49/13102.md?p=20) may require a [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14) providing [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md) that uses [motor vehicles](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) not owned by it to transport property under an arrangement with another party to—
  - (1) make the arrangement in writing signed by the parties specifying its duration and the compensation to be paid by the [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14);
  - (2) carry a copy of the arrangement in each [motor vehicle](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) to which it applies during the period the arrangement is in effect;
  - (3) inspect the [motor vehicles](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) and obtain liability and cargo insurance on them; and
  - (4) have [control](/usc/49/13102.md?p=5) of and be responsible for operating those [motor vehicles](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) in compliance with requirements prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/49/13102.md?p=20) on safety of operations and equipment, and with other applicable law as if the [motor vehicles](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) were owned by the [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14).
- (b) **Responsible Party for Loading and Unloading.—** The [Secretary](/usc/49/13102.md?p=20) shall require, by regulation, that any arrangement, between a [motor carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=14) of property providing [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I of [chapter 135](/usc/49/chstIV/ptB/ch135.md) and any other [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18), under which such other [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) is to provide any portion of such [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) by a [motor vehicle](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16) not owned by the [carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=3) shall specify, in writing, who is responsible for loading and unloading the property onto and from the [motor vehicle](/usc/49/13102.md?p=16).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 890.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11107 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.